When 57 Democratic members of the Texas House fled the state on August 3 to block a GOP-backed redistricting vote. That walkout isn’t just a protest—it comes with a hefty price: $500 per legislator, ...

This is not the first time lawmakers have fled the Texas State Capitol avoid voting on a measure they disagreed with.

The Dallas band’s Aug. 16 show at the Kessler Theater will be its first in its native city since lead singer Jenni Rose ...

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said his group is putting its full weight to help Texas Democrats, who left ...

The move came just hours after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he’d seek to vacate the seats of other absent Democrats ...

The first is in Texas. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott called a special session of the legislature this summer to deal with the ...

Texas Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows issued civil arrest warrants for House Democrats who were not present when the ...

Texas House Democrats have fled the state to prevent a vote on a new congressional redistricting map, effectively stalling ...

Panelists Dan Patrick and Ken Paxton assess the consequences facing Democrats who fled Texas in protest of a redistricting bill on ‘Hannity.’ ...

Texas Republican lawmakers returned to the Capitol without Democrats, who fled to block a vote on a GOP-drawn congressional map.

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows called the chamber into session for a second day, but again lacked a quorum, with Democrats were absent in protest of redistricting proposals that flip five ...

On August 11, 2011, the official Waco temperature topped 100 degrees for a 43rd consecutive day, breaking a record set from June 23 to Aug. 10 in 1980. News 10 This Morning's Olivea Herzberg chats ...